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this week. after reading a new report from the new republic it is pretty easy to understand why mitt romney has this deep affection for coal. we've told you about romney's appearance at the ohio coal mine in august where workers at the mine in bealsville, ohio were given the day off without pay and forced to attend the romney event. the unpaid miners served as a convenient backdrop for romney. romney thanked the miners' boss murray energy ceo robert murray for his efforts. >> i'll tell you, you got a great boss. he runs a great operation here. bob, where are you, bob? there he is. >> now i just wonder why romney was just gushing all over and all about murray? in addition to forcing miners to stay behind romney without pay murray also pressured his salaried employees to give to republican candidates deemed worthy by the company. you know, candidates who are for deregulation and certainly antiunion. salaried employees are expected to contribute to the company pac through automatic payroll deductio
this week. after reading a new report from the new republic it is pretty easy to understand why mitt romney has this deep affection for coal. we've told you about romney's appearance at the ohio coal mine in august where workers at the mine in bealsville, ohio were given the day off without pay and forced to attend the romney event. the unpaid miners served as a convenient backdrop for romney. romney thanked the miners' boss murray energy ceo robert murray for his efforts. >> i'll tell...
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president obama holds a strong hand as he positions himself this week on the fiscal cliff negotiations. his schedule may offer a good idea of his priorities. tomorrow the president will meet with labor leaders. wednesday on the schedule he meets with ceos and on friday the president will begin meet wgs republicans. the president is plans to barn storm the country to go directly to the american people and this time around labor is prepared to launch an all-out effort on the air and ground to back up the president's position. his greatest strength is going and talking to the folks directly. it's obvious what he can do. he won reelection based on principles. he stated the wealthiest americans will have to pay more and deficit reduction won't rest solely on the middle class. if congress can't get a solution during the next 45 days, senator patti murray of washington suggested a backup plan. >> if the republicans will not agree with that, we will reach a point at the end of this year where all the tax cuts expired and will start over next year. whatever we do will be a tax cut for whatever
president obama holds a strong hand as he positions himself this week on the fiscal cliff negotiations. his schedule may offer a good idea of his priorities. tomorrow the president will meet with labor leaders. wednesday on the schedule he meets with ceos and on friday the president will begin meet wgs republicans. the president is plans to barn storm the country to go directly to the american people and this time around labor is prepared to launch an all-out effort on the air and ground to...
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this foreign policy debate coming up next week between barack obama and mitt romney needs to have a great big section on outsourcing. and we need to talk about towns like freeport, illinois, because we're living in a global economy. they always say that, but they don't talk about how they're going to manage for americans in a global economy. this town's putting that issue on the national agenda and i'm so proud to be with these people tonight. >> george, what kind of -- what's -- how is this town going to transition through when i just had a worker up here worried about her kids, worried about feeding the family? i mean, this is a time when the community's really got to come together. >> well it's companies like tristar metals that believe in work et ethics, believe in the workers, they're going to keep them here. they're not going to outsource their jobs to china, unlike this company here in sensata. there's a payroll that comes into freeport to the sensata workers, spend their money at schools, churches, unitedway, all the the veevents. they support the community. 20% goes to health car
this foreign policy debate coming up next week between barack obama and mitt romney needs to have a great big section on outsourcing. and we need to talk about towns like freeport, illinois, because we're living in a global economy. they always say that, but they don't talk about how they're going to manage for americans in a global economy. this town's putting that issue on the national agenda and i'm so proud to be with these people tonight. >> george, what kind of -- what's -- how is...
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they put out this commercial last week. >> seven times obama could have stopped china's cheating. seven times, he refused. >> it's time to stand up to the cheaters and make sure we protect jobs for the american people. >> barack obama, failing to stop cheating. >> romney's commercial is absolutely full of holes. president obama made that clear earlier today. >> we've brought more trade cases against china in one term than the previous administration did in two. and every case we brought that's been decided, we won. >> where are the fact checkers? president obama has done a number of things to crack down on china and mitt romney hasn't always agreed with them. >> when romney said stopping unfair surges in chinese tires would be bad for america, bad for our workers, we ignored his advice and we got over 1,000 americans back to work. >> and in 2009 president obama put a tax on choinese tires, putting 1,000 americans back to work in his. in his book, he slammed president obama for that move calling it, decidely bad for the nation and our workers. romney's record on china is clear. whi
they put out this commercial last week. >> seven times obama could have stopped china's cheating. seven times, he refused. >> it's time to stand up to the cheaters and make sure we protect jobs for the american people. >> barack obama, failing to stop cheating. >> romney's commercial is absolutely full of holes. president obama made that clear earlier today. >> we've brought more trade cases against china in one term than the previous administration did in two. and...
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on a conference call last week, president obama made a direct personal appeal to 30,000 of his top campaign activists. he says it's not time to let up. the president told supporters he will barn storm across the country to keep people engaged in negotiations over the talks. the president's allies also plan on harnessing the power of the obama campaign including the dash board, a social network built by the obama team. the campaign manager says dash board helped win the election. it will now be used to promote the president's agenda. >> you could see people using dash board to say, okay, i want to talk about the choices in front of us in the fiscal cliff. we did over 350,000 events on dash board. it would be easy for supporters to start asking people to call members of congress. >> the biggest assets is republican stubbornness. here's tea party senator rand paul addressing incoming republicans about the fiscal cliff. >> but the bottom line is it's a mistake to raise taxes on anybody we shouldn't in on it it. those who are new here, please hold the line. there's one compromise i would be in f
on a conference call last week, president obama made a direct personal appeal to 30,000 of his top campaign activists. he says it's not time to let up. the president told supporters he will barn storm across the country to keep people engaged in negotiations over the talks. the president's allies also plan on harnessing the power of the obama campaign including the dash board, a social network built by the obama team. the campaign manager says dash board helped win the election. it will now be...
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he had a week of debate prep? and i must believe that the way he's been talking hs come out moonfused from ttat twhve seen. we've seen him stumble all over himself just in the last cycle, he contradicted himself yesterday on health care. speaking to an nbc porter >> let's remember, he's going to come out and he's going to be prepared to, you know, just est heted states stage with the gives you some gravitas right there. and typically in the first debate -- the challenger was declared the winner. so let's just keep in mind that we can't take anything for granted. let's focus on the ground game. we've got 40ays to go >>'vot g d that's for sure. congresswoman deb bie wasserman-schultz with us on "the ed show." thanks so much. answer tonight's question at the bottom of the screen. share your thoughts on twitter @edshow and facebook. we want to know what you think. >>> coming up, yes, t's another vid o mitt ro. as surfaced and shows his true identity of how he views middle class workers in america. we'll show you the v
he had a week of debate prep? and i must believe that the way he's been talking hs come out moonfused from ttat twhve seen. we've seen him stumble all over himself just in the last cycle, he contradicted himself yesterday on health care. speaking to an nbc porter >> let's remember, he's going to come out and he's going to be prepared to, you know, just est heted states stage with the gives you some gravitas right there. and typically in the first debate -- the challenger was declared the...
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hours from 30 to 25 a week so i would not fall under the obama care mandate. >> one website tried to drum up fear with this misleading headline. obama reelection triggers massive layoffs, totally untrue. not a single business blamed layoffs on the election. unfortunately this is a tough year for workers. the bureau of labor statistics says most layoffs happen during the fourth quarter of this time of year. it's been true since 1996 no matter who gets elected. if a boss like bob murray is disappointed in the election, he shouldn't take it out on his employees. this is about as mean spirited as you can get. now think about it. what in the world do you think happened between tuesday and friday in the coal industry that would force this mean-spirited owner to get rid of 163 workers? just because the black guy won? joining me tonight is larry cohen, president of the communications workers of america. what's happening here? >> i think it's a question of what kind of democracy are we going to have and most importantly, what are our rights at work? and over the last several decades, you see
hours from 30 to 25 a week so i would not fall under the obama care mandate. >> one website tried to drum up fear with this misleading headline. obama reelection triggers massive layoffs, totally untrue. not a single business blamed layoffs on the election. unfortunately this is a tough year for workers. the bureau of labor statistics says most layoffs happen during the fourth quarter of this time of year. it's been true since 1996 no matter who gets elected. if a boss like bob murray is...
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. >>> and in the big finish tonight, ohio republicans are pushing an extremist agenda, just one week after an election in which voters re-elected president obama and reaffirmed progressive ideals. >>> well, they didn't get the memo in ohio. today, a house committee approved a bill to essentially defund planned parenthood. house bill 298 passed on a party line vote, and it will strip $1.7 million from planned parenthood. nearly 100,000 women in the state use planned parenthood, mostly for preventative care and birth control. every single medical professional in the state testified against the bill. at a news conference opposing the measure, ohio state senator nina turner wore a t-shirt, offering a different meaning for gop. there's a closer shot of the t-shirt. so you get the picture. it's not just about planned parenthood. ohio republicans also want to revive the so-called heartbeat bill. which would unconstitutionally ban all abortions after a fetal heartbeat is detected. on election day, 56% of ohioans say they believe abortions should be legal all or most of the time. joining me a
. >>> and in the big finish tonight, ohio republicans are pushing an extremist agenda, just one week after an election in which voters re-elected president obama and reaffirmed progressive ideals. >>> well, they didn't get the memo in ohio. today, a house committee approved a bill to essentially defund planned parenthood. house bill 298 passed on a party line vote, and it will strip $1.7 million from planned parenthood. nearly 100,000 women in the state use planned parenthood,...
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that was president obama today. mitt romney is literally trying to run away from questions about richard mourdock. mourdock said, at a debate earlier this week, that pregnancies resulting from rape are a gift from god. now mourdock's fellow republican candidates are having to answer those kinds of questions about those comments on the campaign trail. ohio senate candidate josh mandle was asked yesterday to weigh in on mourdock's remarks. mandle refused to take a position on the matter. today it was a different story, he went on a conserve ative rad talk show, and falsely claimed the indiana candidate has apologized for his comments. >> he's a gentleman. he's a class act. he's a thoughtful guy. he'll make a great united states senator. i think yesterday he apologized for his comments and i think he was right in apologizing for them. >> let's turn to keli goff tonight, political correspondent for theroot.com and also with us tonight, republican strategist ron christie. great to have both of you with us. ron, let me as
that was president obama today. mitt romney is literally trying to run away from questions about richard mourdock. mourdock said, at a debate earlier this week, that pregnancies resulting from rape are a gift from god. now mourdock's fellow republican candidates are having to answer those kinds of questions about those comments on the campaign trail. ohio senate candidate josh mandle was asked yesterday to weigh in on mourdock's remarks. mandle refused to take a position on the matter. today it...
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this is what president obama campaigned on. it's also what republicans have been presented behind closed doors for weeks. "politico" reported on the deal taking shape behind the scenes. it includes most of the same details the white house has in its proposal. according to "politico" house republican leaders recognize president obama holds the high cards and the public is likely to blame republicans if negotiations blow up and the new year begins with a fiscal disaster. the facts didn't stop speaker boehner from claiming the white house is holding up negotiations. >> majority leader and i just had a meeting with the treasury secretary. it was frank, and it was direct. i was hopeful we'd see a specific plan for cutting spending. >> the treasury secretary's proposal seems pretty specific. it even includes $400 billion in specific cuts. but john boehner sees something different. >> we know what the menu is. what we don't know is what the white house is willing to do to get serious about solving our debt crisis. >> so what is this a
this is what president obama campaigned on. it's also what republicans have been presented behind closed doors for weeks. "politico" reported on the deal taking shape behind the scenes. it includes most of the same details the white house has in its proposal. according to "politico" house republican leaders recognize president obama holds the high cards and the public is likely to blame republicans if negotiations blow up and the new year begins with a fiscal disaster. the...
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a story that going to go on long into next week. great to have you with us. remember to answer tonight's question at the bottom of the screen and share your thoughts on twitter. >>> senator marco rubio said president obama is shoving his administration's immigration policy down our throats. senator, this isn't about you. this policy is overwhelmingly popular. congressman javier becerra joins me for the discussion. stay with us. it's very important to understand how math and science kind of makes the world work. in high school, i had a physics teacher by the name of mr. davies. he made physics more than theoretical, he made it real for me. we built a guitar, we did things with electronics and mother boards. that's where the interest in engineering came from. so now, as an engineer, i have a career that speaks to that passion. thank you, mr. davies. >>> coming up, marco rubio tries to make the president's acs on immigration all about him. we'll bring you the details. >>> tim pawlenty is on everyone's short list to be mitt romney's running mate. we'll show you w
a story that going to go on long into next week. great to have you with us. remember to answer tonight's question at the bottom of the screen and share your thoughts on twitter. >>> senator marco rubio said president obama is shoving his administration's immigration policy down our throats. senator, this isn't about you. this policy is overwhelmingly popular. congressman javier becerra joins me for the discussion. stay with us. it's very important to understand how math and science...
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one of the biggest mistakes of the republican convention last week was the lack of confidence and vision and direction for the country. americans are optimists. we believe, and president obama explained why the republican s were not offering a prescription for positive change. >> now, our friends down in tampa at the republican convention were more than happy to talk about everything they think is wrong with america. but they didn't have much to say about how they would make it right. they want your vote, but they don't want you to know their plan. and that's because all they have to offer is the same prescriptions they've had for the last 30 years. have a surplus? try a tax cut. deficit too high, try another. feel a cold coming on, take two tax cuts, roll back some regulations and call us in the morning. >> president obama didn't take his foot off the pedal, either. issue by issue, he pointed out why the republicans have not offered specific plans. because they don't have any. >> over and over, we have been told by our opponents that bigger tax cuts and fewer regulations are the only wa
one of the biggest mistakes of the republican convention last week was the lack of confidence and vision and direction for the country. americans are optimists. we believe, and president obama explained why the republican s were not offering a prescription for positive change. >> now, our friends down in tampa at the republican convention were more than happy to talk about everything they think is wrong with america. but they didn't have much to say about how they would make it right....
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president obama needs to make a real connection with labor this week if he wants to secure a second term in the white house. labor plays a vital role in getting out the ground troops and social networking, and in really getting out the numbers in a close election. if it's about enthusiasm, labor is going to be there, but will they be there in full force? here's more from the president today. >> it is unions like yours that help to forge the basic bargain of this country. the bargain that built the greatest middle class and the most prosperous country and the most prosperous economy that the world has ever known. it's a bargain that says if you work hard, if you're responsible, then your work should be rewarded. >> so who is for the wage earner? this might be the perfect time to bring out our income disparity chart. this is where america has been over the last 30 years. president obama stands with the blue line, the middle class, the average agers trying to get ahead. mitt romney stands with the top 1% who have done pretty well over the last 30 years. it's not even a close call, and he wa
president obama needs to make a real connection with labor this week if he wants to secure a second term in the white house. labor plays a vital role in getting out the ground troops and social networking, and in really getting out the numbers in a close election. if it's about enthusiasm, labor is going to be there, but will they be there in full force? here's more from the president today. >> it is unions like yours that help to forge the basic bargain of this country. the bargain that...
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. >> the room knew it, felt it, which is pretty obama like? he can warm a crowd, but it's about the issues at this point, and gene robinson, he had a week to put something together on this. you get the feeling, i know the guy is right, but i can't say anything about it. what about romney's position? >> it's amazing. earlier in the week, we were saying surely on thursday when he speaks to na leo, he'll come out with a position, but he hasn't. this is a terrible issue for romney and he needs to change the subject fact. we know where he stands with latino voters. number two, it shows a sort of feckilousness that is perhaps unreadiness for primetime that in a whole week, he couldn't get together an answer to a simple question, would you rescind the new possibly, and it allows obama to talk about the things congress has not done, all the things that congress complained about, but republicans in congress failed to do. they filibusters the dream act. that's why he had to do what he did. so romney needs to change the subject fast. >> real fast. and i
. >> the room knew it, felt it, which is pretty obama like? he can warm a crowd, but it's about the issues at this point, and gene robinson, he had a week to put something together on this. you get the feeling, i know the guy is right, but i can't say anything about it. what about romney's position? >> it's amazing. earlier in the week, we were saying surely on thursday when he speaks to na leo, he'll come out with a position, but he hasn't. this is a terrible issue for romney and...
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the storm hit more than two weeks ago. the cleanup is still a huge challenge here in new york city and long island and across new jersey tonight. one senior citizen's home is still in a really tough shape. he's got a foot of sand in the hallway. the port authority just released this security camera footage. you can see water pouring into the path train station in hoboken. hundreds of thousands of people rely on the path trains every day, service still isn't fully restored. the port authority relies on federal money to run those trains so people could get to work. cities across new jersey and new york also depend on federal dollars to recover from disasters like this. now those dollars are in jeopardy. mayors of some of the nation's largest cities met today with vice president joe biden about the financial threat. and they're not just worried about disaster relief. the u.s. conference of mayors says republican spending cuts would cost cities at least $110 billion just next year. the cuts would take a 36% out of education, h
the storm hit more than two weeks ago. the cleanup is still a huge challenge here in new york city and long island and across new jersey tonight. one senior citizen's home is still in a really tough shape. he's got a foot of sand in the hallway. the port authority just released this security camera footage. you can see water pouring into the path train station in hoboken. hundreds of thousands of people rely on the path trains every day, service still isn't fully restored. the port authority...
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they did not want to talk about president obama's actual role in the economy. by every measurement, economic growth is better today than it was when president obama took office. the stimulus created 3.3 million jobs. that's a fact. and the president has not raised taxes on small businesses. that's another fact. and these are facts, but facts, you know, they were not welcome at the republican national convention. >> they say oh, it's not his fault. well, we have news for the media. we knee that things were bad, but that's no excuse for making things worse. >> we're going broke. >> where's the president's economic plan? blaming others does not qualify as a plan. >> president obama has added more debt than any other president before him. and more than all of the troubled governments of europe combined. >> an $800 billion stimulus that created more debt than jobs? >> his plan to raise taxes on small business won't add jobs. it would eliminate them. >> republicans also unveiled a debt clock, but failed to mention most of the debt comes from unpaid wars and tax cuts
they did not want to talk about president obama's actual role in the economy. by every measurement, economic growth is better today than it was when president obama took office. the stimulus created 3.3 million jobs. that's a fact. and the president has not raised taxes on small businesses. that's another fact. and these are facts, but facts, you know, they were not welcome at the republican national convention. >> they say oh, it's not his fault. well, we have news for the media. we knee...
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. >>> coming up, president obama is fired up and ready to go in his first interview about last week's debate, he has tough words for mitt romney and shares his thoughts on joe biden's debate, coming up. that's next. you're watching the ed show on msnbc. stay with us. many of my patientn their dentures with toothpaste. but they have to use special care in keeping the denture clean. dentures are very different to real teeth. they're about 10 times softer and may have surface pores where bacteria can multiply. polident is designed to clean dentures daily. its unique micro-clean formula kills 99.9% of odor causing bacteria and helps dissolve stains, cleaning in a better way than brushing with toothpaste. that's why i recommend using polident. [ male announcer ] polident. cleaner, fresher and brighter every day. [ male announcer ] how do you make 70,000 trades a second... ♪ reach one customer at a time? ♪ or help doctors turn billions of bytes of shared information... ♪ into a fifth anniversary of remission? ♪ whatever your business challenge, dell has the technology and services t
. >>> coming up, president obama is fired up and ready to go in his first interview about last week's debate, he has tough words for mitt romney and shares his thoughts on joe biden's debate, coming up. that's next. you're watching the ed show on msnbc. stay with us. many of my patientn their dentures with toothpaste. but they have to use special care in keeping the denture clean. dentures are very different to real teeth. they're about 10 times softer and may have surface pores where...
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. >>> coming up, president obama is fired up and ready to go in his first interview about last week's debate, he has tough words for mitt romney and shares his thoughts on joe biden's debate, coming up. that's next. you're watching the ed show on msnbc. stay with us. [ male announcer ] wouldn't it be cool if we took the nissan altima and reimagined nearly everything in it? gave it greater horsepower and best in class 38 mpg highway... advanced headlights... and zero gravity seats? yeah, that would be cool. ♪ introducing the completely reimagined nissan altima. it's our most innovative altima ever. nissan. innovation that excites. ♪ ♪ into a scooter that talks to the cloud? whatever your business challenge, dell has the technology and services to help you solve it. of the most highly recommended bed in america -- the tempur-pedic ergo system. treat yourself to the ultimate sleep experience and save up to $400 during the tempur ergo savings event. plus, visit tempurpedic.com for full details on our 0% apr financing with up to five years to pay. don't wait. the tempur ergo savings
. >>> coming up, president obama is fired up and ready to go in his first interview about last week's debate, he has tough words for mitt romney and shares his thoughts on joe biden's debate, coming up. that's next. you're watching the ed show on msnbc. stay with us. [ male announcer ] wouldn't it be cool if we took the nissan altima and reimagined nearly everything in it? gave it greater horsepower and best in class 38 mpg highway... advanced headlights... and zero gravity seats?...
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. >>> coming up, president obama is fired up and ready to go in his first interview about last week's debate, he has tough words for mitt romney and shares his thoughts on joe biden's debate, coming up. that's next. you're watching the ed show on msnbc. stay with us. ♪ [ male announcer ] jill and her mouth have lived a great life. but she has some dental issues she's not happy about. so i introduced jill to crest pro-health for life. selected for people over 50. pro-health for life is a toothpaste that defends against tender, inflamed gums, sensitivity and weak enamel. conditions people over 50 experience. crest pro-health for life. so jill can keep living the good life. crest. life opens up when you do. yeah, i'm looking to save, but i'm not sure which policy is right for me. you should try our coverage checker. it helps you see if you have too much coverage or not enough, making it easier to get what you need. [ beeping ] these are great! [ beeping ] how are you, um, how are you doing? i'm going to keep looking over here. probably a good idea. ken: what's a good idea? nothing. wit
. >>> coming up, president obama is fired up and ready to go in his first interview about last week's debate, he has tough words for mitt romney and shares his thoughts on joe biden's debate, coming up. that's next. you're watching the ed show on msnbc. stay with us. ♪ [ male announcer ] jill and her mouth have lived a great life. but she has some dental issues she's not happy about. so i introduced jill to crest pro-health for life. selected for people over 50. pro-health for life...